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1 SIX MEDFOHD (OREGON) r ii .--tZT Jl&aaai Lewlfc-L 'Ami nfrjLatr .eU. Jjt ILijJ Mr. and Mn. Roy R. Miller Teacher aiiociaiion this year. Mr. Miller it president of th unit and hii wife serves ai lecreiary. The two are ihown here checking orer the membership rolli, for October ii the traditional enroll ment month for PTA throughout the United States. PTA Stresses Enrollment During Month of October Parent - teacher association leaders throughout, the United Sates are concentrating on membership this month, Octo ber being the traditional "en rollment month" for this far reaching organization. In Oregon Gov. Elmo Smith designated October as Parent- Teacher Enrollment month in a proclamation in which he urged "all citizens of Oregon to give serious consideration to the importance of cooperation in the education and training of our young; as well as bringing me home and school into closer relationship which mill build still better American citi zens." Circles of Cooperation" is the theme for the year ir. PTA, and a six-point action program was adopted by the 1956 Con gress of Parents and Teachers The program plant are: To im prove health services in the com munity; to arouse greater public interest in mental health and in effective methods of preventing and treating mental illness: to promote health education among all citizens young and old; to secure adequate facilities, serv ices and laws for the protection of children and youth; to make sure that the community pro vides its citizens, especially its youth, with abundant opportuni ties for cultural advancement and wholesome recreation: to keep parents informed about community services for families and children, and work to im prove these services. Jackson county now has 35 local PTA units, city councils in both Medford and Ashland, and a county council. Last year's Branches of Lodge Announce Sessions Two branches of the Odd Fel low lodge will meet this week. Mrs. Frank Chapman will con duct a charter - draping at the Olive Rebekah lodge meeting Monday, October 15, at the lodge hall, 221 West Sixth street, at 8 p.m. Reports on visits to the Kerby and Grants Pass lodges will be given as well as plans for home coming November 5. Mrs. Dollis Love, community service chairman, will be in charge of the program. Mrs. Lewis Thompson's committee will serve refreshments. Siskiyou canton and auxiliary will meet Friday, October 19, for a covered dish supper at 6:30 p.m. at the hall. At the meeting which will fol low plans will be made for the visit of the state president. A practice for the inspection of the order will be held. Mrs. A. H. Gregory' commit tee will serve. Friendship Night Planned by Bethel Bethel 14, Job's Daughters, will hold friendship night Wednesday, October 17, in Med ford Masonic temple. It will be gin at 6:30 p.m. with a potluck supper, and a meeting will fol low at 7:30 p.m. Semi-formal dress will be appropriate for the meeting. Hemorrhoids (Piles) Fistula Colitis Prnri tus (itching) Prolapse. Treat ed without surgical operation or hospitalisation or loss of time from work. If you have health problem of this nature it will pay you to investigate. Dr. Herman Wexler Chiropractic Physician 44 E. Main Pioneer Bids. Ph. 2-3391 Ashland, Ore. MAIL TRIBUNE are both officers of Talent Parent enrollment was 2,077 in rural areas, 2,033 in the city of Med ford and 839 in Ashland. The National Congress of Parents and Teachers, a volun teer organization organized in Washington, DC, in 1896, last year had a membership of more than 10 million, including 3,- 343,000 men and over 755,000 educators, in 42.182 local units It is- an educational organiza tion, noncommercial, nonsectar ian, and nonpartisan, which does not seek to direct the adminis trative activities of the schools or to control their policies. The Oregon Congress of Par ents and Teachers attained an all-time high last year with 123,- 134 members, a gain of 4.991 over the previous year. There were 661 local units in Oregon when the books were closed March 31. National Worker Conducts School For PTA Units Over 100 members and offi cers of Parent-Teacher associa tions in Jackson county took part in the school of instruction Monday in the First Methodist church in Medford. . Mrs. Ellen Dell Bieler, nation al field worker, spoke to the group and directed discussion sessions concerning membership, egislation, publicity and pro gramming, as well as other top ics of interest to PTA. Mrs. Lester Bradshaw, Eagle Point, county council president, expressed her appreciation for the "excellent cooperation" of the county groups in taking ad vantage of Mrs. Bieler's visit She also commended Medford members for the noon luncheon. Special guests included Mrs Everett Barr, vice-president of the 25th district of the Califor nia Congress of Parents and Teachers: Mrs. Doris Young and Mrs. Rosemary Franson, all of Yreka, Calif. Information and education gained by those attending the Monday school of instruction will be taken back to county units for further use, Mrs. Brad shaw said. The regular business meeting of the Jackson County Council of Parents and Teachers will be held Wednesday afternoon, Oc tober 24, at the Evans Valley school. -LOCATIONS O -HOUR SERVICE! 702 West Main 844 South Riverside Finest Qualify Cleaning plus Quick 2 Hour Service Latest Type Equipment Free Ford Tickets Convenient Drive-Up Windows DRIVE-IN CLEANERS I J Sunday. October 14. 19SS Lester Adams' Convert Old "Obstacle House" Into Charming Home; New, Antique Combined Buying an old house and mak ing it over is a tradition in America. Countless couples have considered the idea. Thousands have made their dream of having a house just like they wanted come true in this fashio7-. with varying degrees of success. One of ' the most charming and interesting country homes in Jackson county was origin ally a plain little farm house on Thompson creek. During the past 13 years Mr. and Mrs. Lester Adams have transformed this ordinary house into an unusual home with unique exterior fea tures and rooms which combine the old and new with pleasing results. Lawns, terraces, flowers and trees provide an appropri ate setting which enhances the house. The original frame house of three rooms and a porch had a water tower attached and the wood shed stood over a con crete and stone cellar which was first used as a cistern. As re constructed by the Adams, the house now has a living room 5 feet square, a dining room with a small barbecue and a tiny wood-burning stove combined a modern small kitchen and three bedrooms. Obstacle House Looking back over the long years of planning, tearing down and rebuilding, painting and papering, the Adams believe they should have named the place "Obstacle House" since it pre sented so many problems. It is now a house with unexpected and enchanting little stairways, rooms on different levels, and many nooks and alcoves. The Afisms explain that these were not planned, but represent their solution of the thousand and one problems which evolved as they worked over and added to the old farm house. It was a "do it yourself" proj ect with Mr. and Mrs. Adams and Mrs. Adams' mother, Mrs. Guy Flenner, doing much of the carpentry work and all of the painting and papering them selves. The woodshed and an other small building on the place were added to the dwelling; the single walls were reinforced, the roof raised and rooms added. The water tower, erected by the original owner to provide pressure for the house water system, was used at first and later discarded in favor of a dif ferent pumping system. The tow er remains, a picturesque addi tion to the house which is painted rriaroon with white trim. Many Antiques Mrs. Flenner and her daugh ter inherited many fine antiques all of which are in the house, not only as objects of art and historical interest but as useful and beautiful furnishings. The living room floor is covered with oriental rugs and three of the four walls have windows including two bay window al coves and a large front window in a modified modern manner. A handsome old-fashioned rosewood piano dominates the living room. Near-by stands a Greatest In PIANO INDUSTRY STEINWAY CHICKERING FISCHER KNABE WURLITZER r y B iura to "I Sejrch for Ad vohir," Tuct. 9 p.m. KBES-TV. Educational and id venrurt for all. One of these fine pianos in your home will inspire children and adults to accomplish the ultimate in music. Purchase any one of these instruments on our family budget plan. Why wait? Purucker Piano House 111 North Central Chinese piece which is both chest and writing desk and the furnishings include an old tilt-top walnut pie crust table, chairs and sofas upholstered in damask, velvet and needlepoint. A tele vision set, typewriter and con ventional desk provide a mod ern touch without disturbing the tone of the room. The mirror which can be seen on the living room wall was made in 1611 in Italy according to an inscription; the two ceram ic vases which stand below on a cabinet are German and were brought to this- country when Mrs. Flenner's ancestors migrat ed to America. One of the most unusual pieces in the living room is the elabo rately carved chair in the game corner known as Charles chair. The back and legs are one piece of wood and not fitted together as are modern chairs. Also of unusual interest is the object of brass to be seen on the round table in the living room picture. Mrs. Adams bought it in Portland in 1930. and found on the base an scription in Japanese. A Mr. Yoshitake of the Japanese con sulate in Portland was consulted and translated the lettering to read: "On a good day in Sep tember, 1607 A.D. two golden colored vases were presented by Princess Junko of the royal family of Japan to laga snrine Taisha temple." Mrs. Adams has written an account of the incident and the inscription which reads: "Taisha temple is located approximately 40 miles from , Kyoto, Japan, Kyoto being located about 300 miles south and west of Tokyo. A doubt as to the authenticity of this vase has been expressed by Mr. Ascino, present (1932) consul. Mr. Yoshitake, however. is firm in his conviction that this vase is the original present ed over 200 years ago by a royal princess to Taga shrine.' The "vase is actually a tea pot with a handle and lid, and spout contrived in the lorm of a dragon s head. Room Contrasts The dining room of the Adams' converted home is a place of contrasts. The floor is half mod ern asphalt and half stone, un covered. On the tile stands a con ventional dining room set of highly polished wood; the other half holds a small brick barbe cue and a tiny black metal wood burning stove with copper hood above. A modern electric lamp stands on an old tea caddy, made of lovely wood and with lined com partments. One wall holds a row of copper molds. The ceiling is beamed. When Mrs. Adams and Mrs. Flenner entertain, they often use an antique candelabra of German silver and a tea set of hand -chased silver in the Vintage pattern which was one of the Adams' wedding presents. The master bedroom is fur nished in antiques. The head boards of the beds are of beauti ful butternut wood, the old dress er and commode have marble Names - The CONSIDER NAME! And buy with confidence. CONSIDER QUALITY! A fine piano is actually more economical. CONSIDER STYLING! Select the model best suited to your taste and requirements. CONSIDER TONE! The true test of the superiority in these great instruments. Phone 2-5702 tops. Mrs. Adams refinished the wood of the commode herself. Dissatisfied with her first re sults, she finally used shoe pol ish and with this achieved a lovely color and soft Blow on the wood. The fiddle back Wind sor chair seen in the picture had been discarded to the attic by her mother's family; Mrs. Adams rescued it from obscurity ana rennished the wood. One branch of the upstairs hall leading to the attic has unusual bannisters. They were once the legs on a dining room table. Newspaper Career Mr. and Mrs. Adams are news paper people turned dairy farm ers. Mrs. Adams was reared in Boise. Ida., where her stepfather. Guy Flenner was for more than 40 years editor of the Idaho Daily Statesman. Working on the staff of the Statesmen she met Lester Adams who had left Medford as a young man to pur sue a newspaper career. This career included publish ing of the old Post Record in Los Angeles, founding of the Illustrated Daily News, first tabloid in the west, as well as periods on the, staffs of papers in San Francisco, Sacramento and Portland. In 1943 he was city editor of the Herald Express in Los Angeles, a gruelling job which had brought him to the brink of disaster as far as health was concerned. During a trip to Jack son county to visit relatives, Mrs. Adams made a quick deci sion to buy the land on Thomp son creek and tell her husband later. They would move to the country, she told herself, and lead a quieter life which would restore her husband's health. They did move, and he did re cover his health. The Adams now own 140 acres of land, 110 under water, and have a modern dairy farm of 80 cows. In addition Mr. Adams is manager of the Ore gon Milk Producers' league. Sometimes the pair think back to the wonderful, hectic days in the big city and are a little wistful, but for the most part they are content on their farm. Like other home owners and householders, they are not quite finished with their task of re building. They plan a terrace and lawn at the back' of the house to complete their grounds, and they get fresh ideas about the interior. Only last week Mrs. Adams arrived home with a hand-lettered heavy parchment square which she will mount Enomelsond Copper by. A design motif of ancient origin, with a new fashion significance ! Aztec!... colorful kiln-fired enamels and lustrous copper, by Matisse . . . with me exclusive tarnish-resistant Copron finish for enduring beauty 1 Plus Ffdfral Tax AS SEEN IN OCTOBER GLAMOUR It's a darling of a shirt lavishly trimmed with ball fringe lace. Play it pretty like a good little girl, or accent it with a slinky black satin faille skirt with its own red cummerbund femme fatale style. It works both woys. $7.95 A slinky shape of skirt with its own cummerbund in bright red for all your sugar-coated fiesta shirts. MEAD'S FASHION V and hang on the wall in the din ing room. "This expresses our feelings," she said. It reads: "Let the wealthy and great roll in splendor and state I envy them not I declare it; I eat my own lamb, my own chicken and ham, I shear my own fleece and I wear it; I have fruits, I have flowers, I have lawns, I have bowers the lark is my morning alarmer; So, jolly boys now, Here's God speed the plough Long life and success to the farmer." O.S. University Women To Hold Meetina: Cast Party Held American Association of Uni versity Women. Medford branch, will meet Wednesday, October 17, at the home of Mrs. William Miller, 1307 Queen Ann avenue, it has been announced bv Mrs Frances Willet, president. It will be the usual monthly meeting and will start at 8 o'clock. The meeting was orieinallv scheduled at the home of Mrs Justin Smith. Members of the cast of ".Tnhn- ny Appleseed," a play presented oy aauw at the Craterian the ater, were entertained at a buf fet dinner Tuesdav nipht t tho home of Mrs. Emerson T. Ander son, 1.16 Hillcrest road Hostesses were members of the play com mittee, Mrs. Fred Rankin, Mrs. C. B. Collins Mrs Wiliia Kanope, Mrs. S. C. .Innec .Tr Mrs. Harry ChiDman. Mrs Willnt and Mrs. Anderson. Pythian Anniversary To Be Observed at Meeting on Tuesday Pythian Sisters mill m..t Tuesday, October 16. at 8 p.m. at the Pythian building. The Pyth ian anniversary will ho nhsom. ed; the refreshment committee will be Mrs. Polly Offutt and Mrs. John Russell. Past Chiefs' club of the Pyth ian Sisters will met Wednes day, October 17, at 1 p.m. at the home of Mrs. Mabel Nicholson, 821 North Central avenue, for a covered dish luncheon. Pythian club met last Tues day evening at the home of Mrs. James Cech with Mrs. Mabel Ni cholson assisting. Cards were played with priz es being won by Mrs. Ed Bost wick, Mrs. Rene Grosh and Mrs. Arnold Motschenbacher. Mrs. Grosh, Ashland, will be hostess for the group at the next regular meeting. Necklace. S8 Earrings, S3 Bracelet, SS. $10.95 CENTO 214 EAST MAIN PHONE 2-7169 Defense Dirertor Says Sky Watchers Needed By Corps Maj. Gen. J. H. Hicks, head of civil defense in Jackson county, was guest speaker for Alpha Lambda chapter of Epsilon Sig ma Alpha sorority last Monday evening. General Hicks showed j a movie on civil defense before he began his talk-. He stated most small towns in the county are well organized for disaster work, but Medford and Ashland are not too well organized. While Jackson county is not ' considered a target area, it would have to assume the re sponsibility for some 30,000 ev acuees, he declared. This would mean most supplies would be ra tioned immediatelv. the sneaker said; he recommends each fam- - ily keep a ten-day supply of non-perishable foods on hand. Among those mentioned were canned meats, fishes, juices, milk and baby foods. General Hicks also stressor the fact that there are not en ough volunteers for the Ground Observer corps (sky watch). Al most everyone should be able to give two hours to this work, at least every other week, the de fense head declared. Manv mo thers of small children serve late evening or early morning hours, while the father takes care of the children. Anyone interested in this service is asked to con tact Mrs. Lucile Brock IpIp- The BEAUTY SHOP OWNERS of Medford and Vicinity Have Adopted the MINIMUM NATIONAL PRICE STANDARDS for BEAUTY CARE Effective Oct. 15, 1956 I 'J ' ' 4 - t. "-' A A We invite you to charge account or Layaway Plan. phone 2-8217 evenings. The meeting was held at the home of Mrs. C. C. Peterson with Mrs. Howard Phillips and Mrs. C. S. 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